diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index b35e92a..fb98421 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@
                         proxies['http'] = proxyServer
                     else:
                         proxies['http'] = 'http://%s' % proxyServer
-                        proxies['https'] = 'http://%s' % proxyServer
+                        proxies['https'] = 'https://%s' % proxyServer
                         proxies['ftp'] = 'ftp://%s' % proxyServer
             internetSettings.Close()
         except (WindowsError, ValueError, TypeError):